January 2006

If I don’t cut it out, this is going to start sounding like Simon’s journal… (ha. No offense, dude). Trying to work on rewrite of fantasy saga today. Haven’t been sleeping well all week, and the last two nights I’ve had horrible leg cramps that have literally woken me up from a sound sleep 3-4 […]

And conservatives are already freaking out and trying to overturn it. What’s this frightening bill all about? What “special rights” does it “give” to these troublesome gay people? It’s the addition of two words to an already existing state law: State law bans discrimination based on race, sex, religion, marital status, disability and other categories.

The top 100 best lines in lit. Though I’d call them the “most popular” as opposed to “the best.” One of my favorites comes from a genre book: “My mother was the village whore, and I loved her very much.”

Imagine being fired for not doing your job! It only took them five years! Tomorrow morning, I’m telling my boss I can’t use computer equipment because of my personal aversion to things that use electricty. Let’s see how many years I can keep the paychecks coming. My favorite part of the article? Target declined to

Liberia’s new rape law: The new law… broadens the definition of rape to included “penetration by any foreign object not just a penis.” Anyone under 18 is “automatically deemed not to have given consent”. Gang rape carries a penalty of life imprisonment. I’m concerned a tad about the under 18s automatically not being allowed to

Spent the weekend feeling like I’d survived a big, brutal fistfight. Drank a lot of orange juice. Rearranged my room. Doing some re-filing/organizing because I’ve got to many projects going. Went to see “Brokeback Mountain” with Jenn (it’s good, and I understand why it had to be Another Gay Tragedy movie, but still), ate some

The guy using the women’s restroom here at the office and leaving behind puddles of urine and raised toilet-seats in his wake has been apprehended. One of the women here in the office (not me) put the smack-down on him. No more urine on my shoes. Yay! I get enough of that bullshit on the

Edits have finally begun. Should be making the rounds again by October, though if I could swing it this summer, that would be great. _____________________________ Thirty-Six: The Cats Zezili pulled back the sheet covering the body, still half-hoping the face would not be one she knew. The sheet stuck to the lips. Zezili tugged it

“The View From Africa,” by Binyavanga Wainaina (abridged. See the link for the whole thing): Some tips: sunsets and starvation are good Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the coverof your book, or in it, unless that African has won the NobelPrize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. Ifyou must

SKATER girl Avril Lavigne wants to get rid of her trademark men’s shirts and ties and become a fashion model. What, was she getting hit on by too many women? I’d consider that a compliment! I sometimes distrust it when women make the decision to “give up” on being “boyish,” or wearing comfortable clothes. I